Golf score card and scoring pencil holder for golf club bag



Aug. 13, 1957 M. M. KLOTZ 2,802,250

com SCORE CARD AND SCORING PENCIL HOLDER FOR cow CLUB BAG Filed NOV. 8,1955 INVENTOR. MELVIN MATTHEW KLOTZ BY v ATTORNEY United States Patent OGOLF SCORE CARD AND SCORING PENCIL HOLDER FOR GOLF CLUB BAG MelvinMatthew Klotz, Miami, Fla. Application November 8, 1955, Serial No.545,624

1 Claim. (CI. 24-84) The present invention relates to conveniences forfacilitating the recording of golf scores. The customary practice is foreach player to carry his own pencil and score card. Distraction, delaysand inconvenience are occasioned when either item is misplaced.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a unitary device forholding a pencil and golf score card in secure relationship on a golfclub bag, so that the score card and pencil are readily available,secured in one place when not in use, and transported with the bag.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a device in the formof a simple, one-piece, easliy manufactured construction, having nomoving parts, so that it may be marketed in quantity as a novelty oradvertising promotion item.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter described which presents a minimum of discontinuities, so thatit may readily be produced by casting or molding.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference is made to theaccompanying description of the appended drawing in which there is showna preferred form of secured holder in accordance with the invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an elevational sectional view showing the holder secured inplace at the top edge of a golf club bag, and

Fig. 2' is a side elevational View of the holder per 'se.

Referring now to the drawings, the reference numeral designates the topedge of a conventional golf club bag. In accordance with one aspect of.the invention, a golf score card 18 and pencil 14 are secured in placeand at the same time rendered readily. available by my novel holder 11.

According to the invention, there is provided a unitary holder 11, madeof a single piece of a suitable plastic, fabric, or metallic material.The holder is formed with turned-back or hook portion 12, at one endthereof, and a split portion, comprising bifurcation 15-16, at the otherend thereof. The bifurcation stems from a crotch 17 in thickened portion9. Intermediate the hook and the thickened portion 9 there is formed anintegral band 13 providing a recess 19, in which the scoring pencil isheld by frictional fit. The hook 12 is utilized to secure the ensembleto the golf bag, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1, the hook 12fitting over the top edge of the bag and frictionally engaging its innerside while the main portion of the holder abuts the outside of the bag,the fit being such as to maintain the holder snugly in place. The golfscore card is deposited in the long, narrow V-notch formed by thebifurcations 15-16, the material of the holder 11 being sufficientlyresilient to permit retention or withdrawal of the score card fromcrotch 17. The bag itself may be usedas a backing for the card whenscores are entered on the card, the bifucation holding the card inplace.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been disclosed,various modifications and changes may be made therein and it isaccordingly intended in the appended claims to cover a fair range ofequivalents, affording proper protection to the invention.

Having disclosed my invention, I claim:

A golf score card and pencil holding attachment for a golf club bagcomprising a unitary strip-like plastic body member of uniform widthformed with a relatively thick central portion and a downwardly bentopen hook portion of lesser thickness at one end and a verticallydepending bifurcation converging to an apex at the other end and anintermediate closed integral band portion therebetween, said hookportion extending in the same direction as the bifurcation and being soformed with straight sides as to hang the attachment from the rim of agolf club bag, said band portion being formed as a width-wise extendingclosed substantially annular recess adjacent the bag for holding ascoring pencil, and said bifurcation being formed with a pair ofstraight fingers defining a width-wise extending crotch-like clamp forholding a score card in vertically suspended position alongside andgenerally tangent to said bag, said fingers comprising a split sectionin continuity with but longer than said central portion and of the sameaggregate thick ness, said clamp gripping in vise-like manner the edgeof the card which is parallel to the pencil and one of said fingersabutting said bag in snug continuity with the hook portion, whereby thescoring pencil and score card are secured in proximate relationship toeach other and to the bag and are transported with said bag.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS537,120 Lieb Apr. 9, 1895 803,464 Beck Oct. 31, 1905 1,521,481 SpencerDec. 30, 1924 2,543,336 Ratchford Feb. 27, 1951

